Meatball0311 Madden 18 Sliders

[Meatball0311]

To give you a little background about myself and my gameplay I will begin with saying I have played Madden since it came out back in '88 and I would consider myself an average to below average player. I play strictly single player and at the All-Pro level. I like realism so I play 15 minute quarters and want a competitive game that I actually have a chance at winning at if I limit my mistakes.

So, I aim at toning down the computer's advantage to a competitive level. In Madden 17, I would play at All-Madden level with some slider adjustments. This year I am going to play at the All-Pro level and adjust from there.

After a plethora of games of Madden 18... this is what I am using at the moment.

QB Accuracy - 0 = Total Inaccuracy / 35+ = CPU has high completion rating

Pass Blocking - 0 = Actually the blocking is good at 0.

WR Catching - 0 = USER players drop many passes with or without contact.
The CPU seems to be ok at this level, but should add a little value for realistic gameplay.

Run Blocking - 0 = Actually the blocking is good at 0.

Fumbles - If you move the slider to the left you will have more fumbles.

Pass Def Reaction Time - 0 = Actually seems to be the best setting for this.

Interceptions - For the USER this is a standard slider of 50.

Pass Coverage - 0 = Actually seems to be the best setting for this.

Tackling - 0 = Tackling is realistic. There are many broken tackles and solo tackles. There are also gang tackles that are needed to bring the player down. I do not see any reason to change this value.

***UPON TESTING AND INPUT THESE WILL BE UPDATED***

LEAGUE SETTINGS

Skill Level - All-Pro
Game Speed - Very Fast (or whatever you want)
Game Style - Simulation
Quarter Length - 15 minutes

LEAGUE SLIDERS
* PLAYERSKILL/CPU SKILL

QB Accuracy - 25/25
Pass Blocking - 15/15
WR Catching - 40/40
Run Blocking - 15/15
Fumbles - 50/50
Pass Def Reaction Time - 0/0
Interceptions - 35/35
Pass Coverage - 0/0
Tackling - 28/28

SPECIAL TEAMS

FG Power - 50
FG Accuracy - 50
Punt Power - 50
Punt Accuracy - 100
Kickoff Power - 50

GAME OPTIONS

Injuries - 20
Fatigue - 60
MIN Player Speed Threshold - 0

PENALTIES

Offsides - 60
False Start - 55
Offensive Holding - 60
Defensive Holding - 60
Face Mask - 55
Illegal Block In The Back - 50
Roughing Passer - 50
DEF Pass Int - 60
OFF Pass Int - ON
Kick Catch Int - ON
Intentional Grounding - ON
Roughing Kicker - ON
Running Into The Kicker - ON

ASSIGN AUTO-SUBS
*SUB OUT/SUB IN

OFFENSE
QB - 21/24
RB - 80/95
WR - 60/65
FB/TE - 21/24
OL - 21/24

DEFENSE
DT - 80/95
DE - 80/95
LB - 65/80
CB - 21/24
S - 21/24

[Brooke2011]

Generally I don't like to bump up game speed . But I def think it triggers animations all across the game faster and more efficiently. Do u find the game is too easy with the bump to the user side?

[Meatball0311]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brooke2011

Generally I don't like to bump up game speed . But I def think it triggers animations all across the game faster and more efficiently. Do u find the game is too easy with the bump to the user side?

I did notice that I started to score 40+ points per game, so I am currently working on some All-Madden sliders

[Meatball0311]

I have just come to the realization that All-Madden is just not for me. No matter what I do to the sliders the CPU seems to have the upper-hand and it is just no fun.

So I went back to All-Pro and I updated the sliders on the first post.

[Meatball0311]

ClutchCity brought up a good point as he asked "Are the Sliders Backwards?".

Thru my testing I was noticing somethings did not seem right. The sliders were acting a little weird for my USER. So I am going through the sliders testing one at a time to see how they affect gameplay. I was suspecting that the higher values were not really helping, so it meant I had to find the sweet spot. My idea was that lower values with small increments.

QB Accuracy - 0 = Total Inaccuracy / 35+ = CPU has high completion rating

Pass Blocking - 0 = Actually the blocking is good at 0.

WR Catching - 0 = USER players drop many passes with or without contact.
The CPU seems to be ok at this level, but should add a little value for realistic gameplay.

Run Blocking - 0 = Actually the blocking is good at 0.

Fumbles - If you move the slider to the left you will have more fumbles.

Pass Def Reaction Time - 0 = Actually seems to be the best setting for this.

Interceptions - For the USER this is a standard slider of 50.

Pass Coverage - 0 = Actually seems to be the best setting for this.

Tackling - 0 = Tackling is realistic. There are many broken tackles and solo tackles. There are also gang tackles that are needed to bring the player down.

I have updated my sliders. I will probably be keeping an eye on the WR Catching and may need to update it.

These sliders were tested playing 1 quarter at 15 minutes only so I will be playing a whole game now and will post stats.

THE FIRST POST HAS BEEN UPDATED

[Prilosec]

very fast .... ay caramba !!!! how about fast ... LOL. gonna try ur sliders. do you ever do the playbook work-around ? I get a 4-3 and 3-4 defensive playbook in vault and it has Cover 4 mostly, as cpu has no zone logic. I do not think a patch will do anything, imo. problem is: you have to use two-controllers this year. helps the game a lot, though.

I never played above normal speed. what benefits from very fast/fast and is there a difference b/t the two ? just cause your thread has little action, doe not mean you do not have good input.

Thanks for ur efforts

[Meatball0311]

Quote: Originally Posted by Prilosec

very fast .... ay caramba !!!! how about fast ... LOL. gonna try ur sliders. do you ever do the playbook work-around ? I get a 4-3 and 3-4 defensive playbook in vault and it has Cover 4 mostly, as cpu has no zone logic. I do not think a patch will do anything, imo. problem is: you have to use two-controllers this year. helps the game a lot, though. I never played above normal speed. what benefits from very fast/fast and is there a difference b/t the two ? just cause your thread has little action, doe not mean you do not have good input. Thanks for ur efforts

I do not think the game speed really has any impact on gameplay. Actually you can set it to whatever suits you. I personally like it on Very Fast. Now I can be completely oblivious to what it actually does, but I thought it just meant not as many cut-scenes during gameplay.

I played my first full game NY Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys and I had an even match with a down to the wire ending. Score was NYG 41 DAL 35 (working on getting the stats posted)

UPDATED SLIDERS ON FIRST POST

[Brooke2011]

So what are your sliders? Is it the values that are zero or the ones listed below that have the user slider in black and the CPU in red ?